The R42 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company between 1969 and 1970 for the IND / BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R42 fleet, numbered …

R-42 car 4800 leads a J train inbound at Hewes Street on the BMT Jamaica Line. Photo by David Pirmann, August 2008. Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs. The last of the R …

MTA New York City Transit retired the last remaining R42 subway cars from service on Feb. 12, 2020, ending a 51-year run that began in May 1969. The cars have been used on all NYCT B …

[a] By January 2022, various older B Division cars, such as the entire fleets of R32s, R38s, R40s, R40As, R42s, and NYCT R44s, were similarly retired and replaced by newer models, including …

All passenger rolling stock made in this time period are New Technology Trains. Car types that currently have CBTC: R143, R160, R179, R188, and R211. Car types that will have CBTC in …

Wednesday, February 12th, R-42 subway cars will make their final trip, ending more than 50 years of service in New York City. Please join us to say farewell to this historic fleet.

Seen here is a garbage/refuse train (pulled by St. Louis R42s) and two Westinghouse-Amrail R68s running on the (D) line to either Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue or Norwood - 205th …

On February 12th, 2020, the MTA and the New York Transit Museum ran the 1969 St. Louis Car Company R42 along the Subway line. The trip started from Euclid Ave to Far Rockaway, then …

Feb 12, 2020 · After the reefing program ended in April 2010, retired R-42s were sent to Sims Metal Management to be scrapped. The remaining R-42s will be replaced by the newest …

May 16, 2018 · All R-32 and R-42 cars still in service are due to be replaced by incoming R-179 cars within the next few years. Because of the bench seating they’re not my favorite remaining …